Old Powerboat racing footage

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NPeth
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Re: Old Powerboat racing footage

Postby NPeth » 08 Jan 2014, 19:53

Excellent stuff!! Thanks for posting it I enjoyed it very much. Wonder what happened to the skiff Wendy- she looked cool!

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DaveD
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Re: Old Powerboat racing footage

Postby DaveD » 08 Jan 2014, 21:59

I like Diablo and the air boat with the 50's fins and no grille around the blades!

piquet95971
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Location: Forest hill Melbourne

Re: Old Powerboat racing footage

Postby piquet95971 » 08 Jan 2014, 22:17

Some great video only it was spoilt by the "watermark" across the middle of all the videos which meant that it was hard to see the details of the boats

JamesW
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Re: Old Powerboat racing footage

Postby JamesW » 08 Jan 2014, 22:38

Awesome stuff. Love the last clip, my dad could have been at that event!

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hookster
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Re: Old Powerboat racing footage

Postby hookster » 10 Jan 2014, 07:55

Unreal Dave, good find. I am going to practice speaking like a 40's newsreel commentator. How jolly splendid!!!

Apache1946
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Re: Old Powerboat racing footage

Postby Apache1946 » 09 Feb 2014, 08:08

"Wendy" The only Wendy that I ever saw racing was a Everingham skiff race by Jack Lewitz. I believe she was smashed when being run over by the skiff "Trigger" driven by is friend but arch racing rival Laurie Marshall during a championship weekend at Cabarita. During this incident unfortunately Jack's back was broken and he was made a paraplegic.


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